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Month: June 2025
Corpus Christi
A blessed Solemnity of Corpus Christi to our readers outside of Canada! Here, as in other regions, the feast is moved the following Sunday, when we will post our customary fare of reflections and music. But feel free to peruse in the meantime, and rejoice in the Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord[…]
Saint Juliana of Cornillon and the Institution of Corpus Christi
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 17 November 2010 Saint Juliana of Cornillon Dear Brothers and Sisters, This morning too I would like to introduce a female figure to you. She is little known but the Church is deeply indebted to her, not only because of the holiness of her life but also because, with her[…]
Romuald’s Erimetical Reform
Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by the saint’s way of life, donated the land on which they built their first monastery (hence, campo-maldoli – the ‘field of Maldoli’). But Romuauld only arrived at the ‘narrow path’ after[…]
Targeting Civilians an Evil for All, and For All Time
In his recent column beating the drums of war in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, George Weigel says Ukraine must be provided with the tools to defeat Russia. One might wonder what he might mean by ‘tools’ and how envisions ‘defeat’. Anon, my point for now is with his concluding words: If other aggressors learn[…]
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. – Unknown
A Short Primer on Just War Theory
The Church has a long history of ‘just war theory’. Over the centuries, deriving from the initial formulation of Saint Augustine, then, building upon that, Saint Thomas and other theologians, our Tradition has developed the criteria for initiating and conducting a war that is just, which may seem paradoxical. After all, does not war necessarily[…]
The God Peterson Evades
Jordan Peterson’s appearance on Jubilee’s viral YouTube episode, originally titled “1 Christian vs. 20 Atheists” and later changed to “Jordan Peterson vs. 20 Atheists,” laid bare the enduring ambiguity at the heart of his symbolic engagement with Christianity. In my recent article for Crisis Magazine, “He Who Wrestles with God in Public: Jordan Peterson Versus[…]
A Short Primer on the Trinity
In light of yesterdays’ Solemnity celebrating the Most Holy Trinity, a few words on this central teaching of our Faith may be in order. The doctrine of the Trinity is unique to the Christian Faith, developed over the first centuries of the Church and clarified by the first ecumenical Councils. The Son reveals the Father,[…]